LEADING OFF: Arkansas State will travel to
Louisiana-Lafayette for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series May 3-5. The Red
Wolves are coming off a weekend in which they took two of three games from
Middle Tennessee and currently sit in seventh place in the SBC standings are
just five games out of first place. ASU enters the game with 220 walks, which
leads the Sun Belt Conference. A-State also leads the league in sacrifice bunts
with 57, while the Red Wolves pitching staff has held opponents to a .248
batting average, which is the second lowest in the league. Daniel Wright leads
the league with 80 strikeouts on the mound, while he and Bradley Wallace have
struck out 24 batters looking on the year.Louisiana-Lafayette enters the
game having won three out of its last four games and the Ragin' Cajuns also lead
the league with a .315 team batting average.

THE STARTERS: ASU will start
senior right-hander Daniel Wright on Friday night. Wright will be making his
12th start of the season and currently has a 5-3 record. Wallace will get the
start on Saturday after coming off his shortest outing of the year against
Middle Tennessee. Cody Woodhouse will make his second consecutive start on the
weekend for ASU on Sunday.Louisiana-Lafayette will counter with sophomore
right-hander Austin Robichaux on Friday, while left-hander Cody Boutte will get
the call on Saturday. The Ragin' Cajuns have yet to announce a starter for
Sunday's contest.

ASU/ULL SERIES HISTORY• Louisiana-Lafayette leads
the all-time series 67-36.• This will be the 104th, 105th and 106th meeting
all-time between ASU-ULL.• ASU took two of three games from the Ragin'
Cajuns in Lafayette last season.• This marks the second straight season in
which ASU has travled to Lafayette to play the Ragin' Cajuns.• ASU
has won 13 out of the last 16 meetings between the two schools.• Daniel
Wright held ULL to a .200 batting in his start last season against the Ragin'
Cajuns, well below their season average at the
time.

SCOUTING THE RAGIN' CAJUNS• Louisiana-Lafayette is 31-15 on the
year and 12-9 in conference play.• The Ragin' Cajuns are coming off a
weekend in which they took two of three-games from FIU.• ULL has the highest
team batting average in the Sun Belt at .315.• Austin Robichaux ranks second
in the league in ERA at 2.71.• Dex Kjerstad is second in the league with 65
hits on the year.• Tyler Girouard leads the league in batting average at
.385.• The ULL lineup features at least nine hitters with 30
hits.

FRESHMAN PITCHERS HOLD TIGERS SCORELESS• Freshman pitchers Adam
Grantham and David Owen combined to hold Memphis scoreless for five
straight innings of relief on April 30.• The pair combined to strikeout six
and give up just four hits over the game's final five innings.

WRIGHT
EYEING SINGLE SEASON STRIKEOUT• Senior pitcher Daniel Wright has struck out
80 batters on the year and is closing in on the single season mark for
strikeouts at ASU.• Aubrey Gatewood holds the single season record for
strikeouts at 117, which was set in 1959.

MASSANELLI GOES FOR FIVE•
Sophomore outfielder Collin Massanelli went 5-for-6 against Middle Tennessee on
April 28 in game one of a doubleheader.• He was just one hit away
from tying the school record for hits in a game with six.• He had a hit in
his first five at bats of the game.

TAKING A LEAD AFTER 8• A-State is
a perfect 18-0 on the season when leading after 8 innings this season.• The
team is also 17-1 when it has a lead after 7 innings and 16-3 when leading after
6 innings.

NINE RUNS ON THREE HITS• A-State accomplished a rare feat
on April 28 by scoring nine runs on just three hits in a victory over
Middle Tennessee.• The Red Wolves scored runs on a variety of ways in the
inning, including three bases loaded walks, a hit batsman with the bases
loaded, scoring on a wild pitch and passed ball and a
single.

ALL NIGHT TO THINK ABOUT IT• Junior Dustin Jones had a little
over 17 hours to think about his at bat with the bases loaded in the
bottom of the second back on April 26-27.• A-State and Middle Tennessee's
game on April 26 was suspended in the bottom of the second inning with
bases full of Red Wolves due to inclement weather. Dustin Jones was at the
plate when the suspension occurred and when play resumed 17 hours later
the next day he cleared the bases with first triple of his
career.

HIGH ATTENDANCE MARKS• ASU played before a crowd of 1,006
people on Tuesday, April 23 against Ole Miss at Tomlinson Stadium.• It
was the second largest crowd at Kell Field since 2003. The Red Wolves played
before a crowd of 1,019 in 2008 against Memphis.• It was only the
second time since 2003 that ASU had a home crowd of 1,000 people.

BAKER
AND UXA TIE SCHOOL WALKS RECORD• Freshman Austin Baker tied the school
record for walks in a game with four on April 19 at ULM.• It came just two
days after senior Logan Uxa was walked four times on April 16 at SEMO.• The
feat has been accomplished 12 other times, with Murray Watts drawing the last
four-walk game against Western Kentucky in
2009.

UXA GOES YARD• Logan Uxa hit his third home run of the season
and the 18th of his career with a two-run blast at ULM on April 20.•
It was Uxa's first home run since March 30 at FIU and his first in over 30 at
bats.

THREE RUNS ON NO HITS• A-State scored three runs in the top of
the 7th inning against ULM on April 19, but did so with collecting a hit
in the inning.• Tanner Ring drove in a run after being hit by a pitch with
the bases loaded.• Kaleb Brown drove in a run on a sacrifice fly.•
Dustin Jones scored on a wild pitch.

DRIVING IN RUNS THE HARD WAY•
Three Arkansas State players drove in three runs by being hit by a pitch in the
April 19 contest at ULM.• Tanner Ring, Alex Potts and Dustin Jones
were all hit with the bases loaded to drive in runs on the
night.

HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES TIE CAREER HIGHS• High School teammates
Dustin Jones and Kaleb Brown each tied career highs in hits at ULM.• Brown
tied a career-high with three hits against ULM on April 19.• Jones also tied
a career-high with three hits the following day on April
20.

RING GETS A WIN AND A HOMER• Tanner Ring had one of the best
games of his young career on April 16 at SEMO.• The true freshman belted his
first collegiate home run in the top of the first inning and then pitched
the final three innings of the extra-innings affair to earn the win.• Ring
also had a season team-high seven at bats against
SEMO.

LEVY GOES DEEP...TWICE• Sophomore catcher Stuart Levy belted
two home runs against South Alabama on April 13.• It was just the third and
fourth home runs of his career.

WRIGHT GOES SCORELESS • Daniel
Wright pitched 14 2/3 straight innings without surrendering a run.• The
streak spanned across three games and lasted 14 1/3 innings before he finally
gave up a run.• It began in the fourth inning on March 29 at FIU and
ended in the first inning on April 12 against South
Alabama.

WRIGHT EARNS PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS• Senior Daniel
Wright earned Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week honors on April 8 for
his performance from the previous week.• Wright was also named as the
College Sports Madness SBC Pitcher of the Week..• The senior right-hander
enjoyed one of the best pitching weeks of his career by earning his first
save since 2011 and a his first complete-game shutout victory.• In the
shutout victory, Wright struck out a career-high 11 batters and yielded just
five hits. He also did not allow runner past second base after the first
inning and retired 12 straight at one point.• He picked up his first
save since 2011 on April 2 when he pitched a perfect ninth inning against
SEMO.

WALLACE DOMINATES AGAINST HILLTOPPERS • Bradley Wallace had
the best start of his career against Western Kentucky on April 7.• The
junior struck out a career-high 12 and retired 18 straight batters after issuing
a leadoff single to start the game.• His seven innings pitched was
also a career-high.

STREAKING FOR HITS• Ryan Roberts had his 13 game
hitting streak come to an end on April 12.• It was the longest streak of the
season and tied for the seventh longest in school
history.

EMERY EYES RBI RECORD• Senior Ryan Emery is closing in on
the all-time career runs batted in mark at ASU.• Emery has 127 RBIs in his
career and is 12 away from tying the record, which was set by Todd
Baumgartner between 2008-11.

NEW SCHOOL LEADER IN CAREER WALKS• Ryan
Emery has shattered the school record for walks in a career.• Emery has 134
walks in his career and passed Jerome Stone who had 109 in his career from
1980-83.• Logan Uxa has surpassed the mark as well. The senior has totaled
118 walks in his career.

ROCKIN' ROBERTS• Roberts had a career-high
four hits and two doubles against FAU on March 24. He also had a career
best six total bases in the game.

FITZPATRICK NEARLY CYCLES• Kevin
Fitzpatrick was a home run away from recording his first career cycle April 2 vs
SEMO.• The freshman went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two run scored on the
night.• He had a triple in the first inning, a single in the third and
double in the fifth. He also reached on a fielder's choice in the seventh
and later came around to score the go-ahead run.

A NIGHT
OF FIRSTS FOR BURKS• Drew Burks made his first start in a month on April 2
against SEMO and produced in a big way for A-State.• Burks also
recorded the first and second RBIs of his career with 2-RBI single in the first
inning.

FRESHMAN STARTERS ON THE MOUND• A-State has had a freshman
pitcher start a game seven times this season and the Red Wolves have a 3-4
record in those games.• A-State owns a 2-2 record in games in which Adam
Grantham has started this season and is 0-2 in games in which Derek
Birginske has started.

FIGHTING AGAINST TIME• ASU and FIU nearly
accomplished something rarely seen in baseball on Sunday, a tie.• Due to the
Sun Belt Conference get away rule, no inning could start after 2:30 p.m. on
Sunday, March 30 of ASU and FIU's series finale. The game went into the
11th inning with the final inning starting at 2:22 p.m.• Had the
score been tied at the conclusion of the inning the game would have ended in a
tie.• ASU and FIU did tie in the 2011 season, which was only the second tie
in ASU history.

CHASING NCAA RECORDS• Alex Potts has amassed 20
sacrifice bunts on the season and is just 14 away from tying the all-time
NCAA record of 34, which was set by Ben Orloff of UC Irvine in 2007 (65
games).

SEC ROAD WIN• A-State's 10-3 victory at Missouri on Match 19
was its first road victory versus and SEC school since 2008. The last road
victory was a 7-5 victory over then No. 2 Ole Miss.

MR. CLUTCH • Alex
Potts delivered the fourth walk-off hit of his career with a solo home run on
March 23 that gave A-State a 3-2 victory over FAU.• It was his second
walk-off hit this season after he had a single in the bottom of the 11th
inning on March 8 to give ASU a 2-1 victory over UAB.• The first was a
walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning against UALR on March 17,
2012 to give ASU a 3-2 win.• The second was a walk-off single in the
bottom of the ninth against South Alabama to give ASU 1-0 on May 6,
2011.

SPLITTING DOUBLEHEADERS• ASU has played in five doubleheaders
this season and has earned a split in each one.• Only one of the twin bills
has been scheduled, with the other three coming because of
weather.

POTTS MAKING HISTORY• Second basemen Alex Potts is now the
all-time record in sacrifices in a single season in ASU history with
20.• Potts passed Dean Roberts on March 19 against Missouri with his 13th
sacrifice of the season.• Potts had already passed Jordan Kimball for most
sacrifice bunts in a season. Kimball had 11 in 2009.

UXA
SETS NEW SINGLE SEASON HIGH IN DOUBLES• Senior first basemen Logan Uxa has
already set a career-high for doubles in a season.• Uxa's previous career
high was seven doubles, which he did in 2011 and 2012. He had his eighth
and ninth doubles against Missouri on March 19.

WOODHOUSE SETS
NEW HIGH IN STRIKEOUTS • Junior Cody Woodhouse set a new career-high with
seven strikeouts against Missouri on March
19.

THREE TIMES AS NICE• Sophomore center fielder Collin Massanelli
tied the school record for most home runs in a game by hitting three
against UALR on March 16.• Massanelli is just the third player in school
history to hit three home runs in a game. Kevin Kull Jr. hit three at UALR
in 2005 and Randy Sugg accomplished the feat against Austin Peay in 1998.•
Massanelli hit a solo home run in the first inning and then had a 2-run blast in
the eighth inning that hit off a light pole in right-center field. His
third home run came in the top of the ninth and tied the game at 7-7 after
ASU rallied from six runs down over the final two innings.• He also tied the
school record for most total bases in a game with 13 on March
16.

TURNING THE TRIPLE PLAY• ASU turned a 1-5-4-3 triple play in its
6-3 victory over UALR on March 15.• The triple play occurred when Bryson
Thionnet tried to lay down a sacrifice bunt, but instead popped the
attempt up in front of Seth McWilliams. The senior right-hander let the
bunt attempt fall in front of him and quickly threw over to third base to
get the force out. A-State third basemen Claude Johnson then threw to
second base to get the force at that base after Blake Johnson did not run
on the play. ASU second basemen Alex Potts then threw to first base for
the final out after Thionnet never touched first because it was occupied by a
UALR player.• It was the first triple play turned by ASU under the Tommy
Raffo era.

DOMINATING THE TROJANS• ASU extended its winning streak to
12 straight over UALR with a three game sweep over the Trojans on the
opening weekend of SBC play.• ASU has swept UALR in four straight series and
has not lost to the school since 2011.

UNEARNED RUNS• Arkansas State
and Missouri State combined to score eight unearned runs in ASU's 7-5
victory over the Bears on March 13.

UXA DOES IT ALL• Logan Uxa
enjoyed one of his best two-game stretches on the base paths against Missouri
State March 12-13.• Uxa tied a career high with two stolen bases on
March 12 and the notched just the third triple of his career on March
13.

A MIDWEEK OF FIRSTS• Freshman Derek Birginske made his first
career state on March 12 against Missouri State. He gave up just one run
on five hits and struck out six, but did not factor into the decision.•
Freshman Adam Grantham earned his first career save on March 13 against Missouri
State when he pitched the final two innings in relief in a 7-5
victory.

KOCH SETS CAREER HIGH• In his first career start, senior
John Koch struck out a career-high 11 batters on Feb. 15.• Koch pitched five
innings, gave up three runs on nine hits to earn his first win as a
starter.

RING GETS FIRST SAVE• Freshman Tanner Ring picked up his
first career save at Memphis on Feb. 19.• Ring entered the game in bottom of
the ninth inning as a defensive replacement at second base and then moved
to the mound in the bottom of the 10th inning.

IN THE POLLS• Arkansas
State received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top
30 poll earlier this season.• Records indicate that the last time an
A-State baseball team was ranked was during the 1970 season when Arkansas
State finished the season ranked 24th in the nation in the final
Collegiate Baseball poll.

PITCHING STAFF SHINES• The A-State pitching
staff recorded a school record 19 strike outs in the 10-5 victory over
Bradley on Opening night on Feb. 15.• The previous record was 18 strikeouts,
which ASU did twice. The first was in 1995 against Memphis and the second
was against Kansas State in 1960.• On opening weekend, A-State recorded 37
strikeouts and allowed just eight runs and walked 7 batters in 27
innings.

OPENING SERIES SWEEP• ASU recorded a three-game series sweep
for the first time since 1971 and for only the second time in school
history.

BAKER GOES DEEP• True freshman Austin Baker hit a home run
on the first pitch he saw in his collegiate career on Feb. 16• Baker
went 3-for-3 on the day and was a triple from the cycle. He had three RBIs on
the day and was walked once.

4-K INNING• Arkansas State senior
right-hander John Koch notched a rare four strike out inning in the Red
Wolves 10-5 victory over Bradley Feb. 15. After Bradley's David Compitello
reached on a dropped third strike out in the fourth inning with one out,
Koch proceeded to strike out two more batters to end the
inning.

GOING TO THE SHOW• A-State had three players drafted from
last year's squad, led by Jacob Lee who was drafted in the ninth round by
the Cleveland Indians.• Lee was the highest player ever drafted from the ASU
baseball program.• Michael Faulkner was taken in the 12th round by Seattle,
making him the second highest selection ever in program history.•
Brandon Farley was taken in the 33rd round by the San Francisco Giants, while
incoming freshman Adam Grantham was a 32nd round pick of the Atlanta
Braves.

SUN BELT NETWORK TO AIR ASU-UALR GAME• The Sun Belt
Conference has announced that the Arkansas State baseball game against UALR
on May 18 will be televised by the Sun Belt Network through its
partnership with Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) and Cox Sports
Television (CST). An official start time for the game will be announced at
a later date.